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L, KIRSCHBRAUN ET AL VALVE Original Filed Nov. 1. 1920 I '14 l 1 I Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

v UNITED STATES 1,638,162 PATENT OFFICE.

LESTER KIBSCI'IBRAUN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND ROBERT T. POLLOCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF CHI- GAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

VALVE.

Application filed November 1, 1920, Serial No. 421,205. Renewed March ll, 1926.

This invention relates to improvements in Valves and refers more particularly to a valve adapted for use under high temperature and pressure conditions.

Among its salient objects are to provide a valve iteoi'istruction adapted to withstand the'high temperature and pressure conditions and at the same time maintain a pressure-tight connection; to provide a valve construction which has a double seat arrangement, both seats being kept constantly flushed clean and, due to the ball and socket connection between the valve stem and valve adaptable to seat the valve in a pressure-tight manner when in an open or closed position; to provide a valve which seals the stem and stem packing when in an open position from all pressure, thus obviating constant trouble and inconvenience ex perienced with leakage and renewals caused from this sourceof difiiculty, and to provide a valve construction particularly adaptable tosysteins and apparatus in which liquids and gas are handled under high pressure and temperatures, such as the operations having to do w1th the cracking oi: hydrocarbon 7 oils. i

Figure -1 is a sectional side view, showing the details of the interior of the valve.

Fig. 2 is a plan detail of the valve seat member showing the flushing means.

Various types of valves have been used in connection with pipe lines where liquids or gases are conveyed and certain special valve constructions have been adopted where par ticlilar types of liquid or gases are to be handled. High degrees. of heat and high pressures are important factors, which. must be considered in valve cons-:trucl'ion. The design of the valve hereinafter disclosed is particularly adapted to be used in pipe lines or conduits where high degrees of heat are present and high pressures are common.

The particular function of this valve is to restrict the high pressure and heat to the shell of the conduit; or pipe line and to prevent any leakage of gases or liquids up the valve stem where high pressures and temperatures have an opportunity to attack the valve stem packing, causing leakage and necessitating frequent renewals of the pack ing and, in addition, a corrosive effect upon the valve parts.

l-leferringto the drawings, the valve casing 1 comprises a lower inlet duct 2 in the throat of which is mounted a constriction ring or seat member 3. A11 outlet duct 1 directs the liquid or gases to the connecting pipes (not shown) and in the neck of the casing 5 is screwed a stem (3 upon'whose lower end is formed a ball 7 fitting in a socket 8 in the valve member 9. The stein 6 is tl'ireaded with a heavy square thread which,- with the rotation of the valve stem caused by the turning of the hand wheel 11, raises and lowers the valve member 9 to any desired position. The valve member 9 is constructed with an upper seat 12 and a lower seat 13. The seats are identical in construc tion, consisting in a circular Vshaped or wedge shaped ridge extending around the upper and lower surfaces of the valve member near its circumference. slotted, forming bifurcated portions, which are adapted to lit in the V-shaped or wedge shaped recesses let and 15. The slots in these ridges form two comparatively narrow resilient sides to the respective rid es l2 and 13 which, when seated in the wet ge shaped recesses 14 and 15 are crowded together producing apressure-tight seat closure or sealing means.

The valve, when in an open position, has the ridge 1?. fitted into the seat 14, while in a closed position the ridge 13 seats within the wedge shaped seat 15, as shown in Fig. 1. When in an open position the. gases or liquids conveyed through the pipes under high pressure are prevented from passing up along the valve stem, due to the pressure-tight engagement of the upper ridge 12 with the seat 14.

It will be noted that, socket connection of the valve member 9, any slight irregularity, due to a collection of foreign substances in the wedge shaped seats, or any untrueness of the valve member or stem will be compensated forby this universal connection. The ring 3 is adjusted in the neck ofthe lower inlet portion 2 of the casing 1 and has in its ends communicating ducts 16. These ducts are in communication with the valve seats 15 and serve to flush out the same when the valve is in an open position and to prevent the collection of any foreign substances due to the ball and valve stem with the beneath the valve when it is seated in its This ridge is lower seat The upper seat will be kept clean, due to the factthat very little foreign material will cling to the inverted wedge,

shaped seat. Above the thread onthe valve stemis screwed a packing gland 17-,wh1ch holds the packing 18 in position and seals 1 the valve stem against any leakage, W'lllCllmight occur in the opening and closing of the valve. v V

This valve, although particularlyadapted for use where the pipe lines are to be kept completely open orclosed, may be, however, used where only a partial opening is required. ,However, where the valve is only partially opened and high pressures are confined within the pipes orconduits, the valve;

stem will not be as securely sealed against leakageas when the valve is in an open position;

Amoresatisfactory fit of the valve and .seats inay be obtained by differingthe taper of the valve seats and the ridge portions 12 and 13 of the valve member, By making the angle of the; Wallof the valve seats more Ohtuse than the ridges in the valve members,

which are seated in said seats when the valve member isseated, the bifurcated ends will be 7 pressed tighter and the seating of thevalve tnerebymade pressure tight.

The invention is not restricted to the de -o tailsgof'the drawings other than isherein- -v after set out in the claims.

-We claim as our invention: I

1. In a pressure valve, the combination recesses adapted, to receive the similarlyshaped protrusions on theupper andflower, surfaces of thevalve to insure a pressure- 7 tight closure when the valve is shut andpre- Y vent leakage about the valve stemwhen the V valve isin anopen position a. ductrcommunic ating withthe opening surrounded by the valveseat for removing deleterious substances accumulating therein. 7 V 2 2. In a pressure valve, the combination with a valve chamber, a valve pivotally mounted upon a valve stem in saidchamher, said valve having bifurcated protruding wedge-shaped annular ridges on its :upper andlower surfaceaupperandlower annular wedge shaped recesses adapted 'toieceive the bifurcated protruding wedge: shaped ridges when the valve is opened and closedrespec 7 tiv elyi insuring a pressure-tight closure Iwhen; the valve isseated onits seat and preventing leakage about the valve stem when the valve is in open position, the lower wedge-shapedrecess constitutlng the valve seat. 7

v 3. In pressure valve, the combination with a valve chamber of a valve pivotally inounted upon a' valve stem in the valve chamber, said valve having bifurcated pro-1 truding annular ridges. on'its upper and lower surfaces, upper and lower annular wedge-shaped recesses in said chamber adapted: to receive said ridges, thelowerwedge the "passage Y shaped recess surrounding through the valve and an annular ductcOID-l municating" with said lower recess and; J,

adapted to drain and flush: the same.

4%., In a arcssure valve the combinatio with a valve chamber, of a valve pivotally mounted upon a valve stem in said valve chamber, Sizld vvalve having;bifurcated pro truding wedge shaped annular, ridges on its upper and lower surfaces, upper and; lowerannular wedge-shaped recesses in the valve f.

chamber adapted to receive said ridges, the 7 wall of thelower recess constituti1w-;the a valve seat, and an annular duct communh., eating with saic lower recess and adapted to flush the valve seat. f

5; .Ina pressure valve,

the combination V with a valve; chamber, prov led wi th a valve stem, a valve member 'H-IOVElbly mounted thereon, saidvalve meanb erv having bifurcat ,ed protruding portions on itssurfaces and the wall of saidval-ve chambenhaving co-rresponding 'i'ecesses adapted to reeei'vehtherespective protruding. portions. in-th-eopen and. closed positions of'the valvefand.means for flushing the 'val'veslseatp LESTER RsoY Bit iuu .if ROBERT T. Pontoon, 

